Essay On King Kamehameha

In the beginning, Hawaii was unknown to any humans. Polynesians eventually came across its islands, and decided to make it their home. In the early days, each island was ruled by a chief, and many times the islands were in conflict with each other. Centuries like this passed, but then "in 1782, [Queen Lili'uokalani's] cousin Kamehameha set out to conquer and unite the islands". Thirteen years later, in 1795, Kamehameha

Hawaii’s short story had many important events one including the Great Mahele or the great land division. The Mahele was the division of Hawaii’s land that altered the Hawaiian lifestyle permanently never returning. According to Star Advertiser, the Mahele in place in 1848, the land divided into four categories, consisting of land owned by the king, ali’i, land set aside to purchase, and land worked by the maka’ainana. At the time, foreigners living in Hawaii was frequent, as many stayed for the “paradise lifestyle,” but as time went on, possessing land seemed as it should be legal and allowed. In Hawaii, natives believed that the land did not belong to people, but the land belonged to the gods and they thought the foreigners way of thinking was bizarre. However, Kamehameha III had a different perspective on this idea, for he wanted to ensure that no hostile takeovers or wars would break out if the foreigners were being neglected (Borreca). The Mahele did not benefit the Hawaiians because the interaction of foreigners left the Hawaiians with little

Kamehameha was never going to be an ali’i (ruler) in his life. His life changed when he picked up a dead ali’i body. He acquired mana (power) and began conquering islands through war. Before he knew it, he was in control of all the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he had good relationships with people and was smart in his actions.

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Kamehameha was caring because he rebuilt his land, cleaned the fish ponds, making the taro patches, and also making long, irrigation ditches. This helped to keep the land clean and sustainable. Another example is, Kamehameha was caring because he put a kapu on young trees used for sandalwood. This is a clever decision because Kamehameha put a kapu so the people won’t spend so much time cutting the trees and the young trees so it will save the natural resources. Hawaii would have been much different if Kamehameha wasn’t a leader at all because the kapu and the way of land system might have changed. Also if Kamehameha wasn’t

King Kamehameha was a successful leader because he was smart. King was smart because he saw what the foreigners and then he did it to be on the same page and all

Kamehameha was truly an effective leader because he had a caring heart, his responsible to his land and his village, and his trustworthy words. With his characteristics he got villagers to trust him more, he gained a new role a administrator and made new kapus, and gained other governors loyalty with gifting them land. Therefore Kamehameha was an effective leader with all these characteristics. What Kamehameha did for Hawai’i back then was to unify all the lands and today with all the islands unified there is no violence in between the eight

Kamehameha was an amazing leader for many reasons for example Kamehameha was the first person to unify all hawaiian islands which led to peace on all the aforementioned hawaiian islands, he won many wars to not only take over land but also ensure the protection of his people and more. Kamehameha was so destined for greatness that before he was even born there were rumored legends of a child born from the eye of the tiger shark will cause the blood of chiefs to run throughout the streams over all land, And Kamehameha’s mother while in her pregnancy was craving tiger shark’s eye. At a young age Kamehameha became the guardian of Kukailimoku the war god. Even in the later on in his life he helped in the farms that usually only the commoners would do. Overall Kamehameha was an effective leader because he took initiative and had a growth mindset.

One man unified eight islands from 1782-1810 in 28 years, producing the first Hawaiian Kingdom (Wikipedia, Kamehameha. Another tried to unite a broken country ten times before finally succeeding, sacrificing many along the way (Britannica School, Sun Yat-Sen) These two ambitious achievers are the great men Kamehameha I and former Chinese President of the Kuomintang Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Kamehameha I was the first ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom, implementing trade, building foreign relationships, and securing the rule of the Hawaiian monarch. (Potter, 23) Kamehameha’s actions built up what is Hawai’i today, with all its might, its mistakes and failures and its rich history. On the other hand lies Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, considered the founder of modern China.

On January 27, 1848, King Kamehameha created The Mahele to protect Hawaiians from foreigners taking over land. During the Mahele, the ali’i, maka’ainana, and the king had 33% of land but over time, it has changed. The Mahele happened because the foreigners wanted to gain control of the land but King Kamehameha III wanted the Hawaiians to have land, too. Their solution was that they made the Mahele to prevent foreigners from gaining control of the land (Cachola). The Mahele was unjustified because it gave Hawaiians only 1% of land when they should’ve had 33%, the government made the land prices too high, and the maka’ainana barely had any resources ever since the foreigners started to arrive.

Who would you pick for your top 5 ali'i in Hawaiian History? Would Kamehameha V be on there? I most certainly think Kamehameha should be on that list. He left schooling at the age of 18 to work in the government office building and he was the last of the Kamehameha's to rule. Kamehameha V was the second best ruler behind Kamehameha the great because he had to overcome a lot, tried to follow exactly the way his grandfather ruled, and worked extremely hard for things he thought were right for his people.

When Kamehameha was young there was a prophecy where Kamehameha killed all the ali’i of the Hawaiian Islands, and that Kamehameha would be the ruler. Kamehameha also made peace between the Hawaiian Islands. Along with him he had two foreign advisors John Young and Isaac Davis. Eventually Isaac Davis dies because he finds out that someone is plotting against them so he tries to do something about it, but instead he get’s killed by them. Two reasons why Kamehameha was an effective leader was because he was intelligent in many different ways and because he always showed initiative.

Ultimately the Hawaiian people wanted a treaty of reciprocity, or fair trade, between the Islands and the United States. The Civil War conflicted with the treaty. The American people needed to resolve their conflict in order to set up their free trade (Vance & Manning, 2012). In 1863, King Kamehameha V took over the Kingdom. He was even more anti-American that his predecessor. He believed that the democracy in the United States was the cause of the Civil War. He did all he could to remove American influence within his government. But this did not stop the Kingdom from feeling the economic blows of the American Civil War (Vance & Manning,

Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was intelligent. Kamehameha kept restless chiefs on the islands closer to him. He did this so he could keep them out of trouble. He left his trusted chiefs on farther islands. This idea has stayed the same for a long time hence the saying “keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” This was good because it prevented uprisings.